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A Seattle man suffered a broken femur, head and facial injuries in a bicycle accident in North Seattle on Thursday morning around 6am.

According to The Seattle Times, the bicyclist ran a red light at North 145th Street and 1st Avenue Northeast and was hit by a pickup truck.

The injured cyclist was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in bicycle accidents and the family of those killed.

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Every year, there are approximately 280,000 rollover vehicle accidents in the U.S. and approximately 10,000 of these accidents result in a fatality. Rollover accidents, those in which a vehicle tips over onto its side or roof, are some of the most deadly after head-on collisions.

Causes of rollover motor vehicle accidents

The following lists some of the most common causes of rollover accidents:

• Excessive speed when vehicles turn a corner or travel on a hard curve. Most passenger vehicles will slide or skid in a curve or hard turn if the vehicle is traveling at excessive speed. However, SUVS, vans, pickup trucks, buses and heavy trucks have more of a tendency to rollover over because of their height, higher ground clearance and because of they are more top heavy.

• Collision with another vehicle. Side impact car accidents are the most likely to cause a vehicle to rollover.

• Vehicles crossing a ditch or slope. Vehicles can roll especially if they are on a slope that is steeper than 33% grade.

• Driver over-correcting. If a driver veers out of their lane, they often over-correct – jerking the wheel back in the other direction too forcefully – causing it to flip.

Popular SUVs are more apt to rollover than other passenger cars. In one year – 2003 – Some of the vehicles with the worst rollover record are Ford Broncos II, Suzuki Samurai, Jeep CJ, Ford E-Series, Mitsubishi Pajero/Montero and Isuzu Trooper.

Vehicle manufacturers are working hard to improve vehicle designs to both decrease the likelihood of a rollover accident and to improve the roof structure of the vehicle to protect the occupants from being crushed in a rollover accident.

Seatbelts also play a crucial role in saving lives in rollover car accidents. Seatbelts prevent passengers from being ejected in a rollover accident.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents and the family of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

John Abrahamson, 65, of Forks, faces negligent driving charges in the single car accident in which he suffered a back injury and a broken and possibly inured his passenger, William McBride, 14, of Tenino.

The Olympian reports that Abrahamson was driving a a U-Haul truck on U.S. Highway 101 when he fell asleep and ran off the road, hitting a tree.

According to The Olympian, Abrahamson will be charged with negligent driving.

Drowsy driving is extremely dangerous. Driving when you are tired can lower your reaction time, impair your vision and delay your processing of information.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents and the family of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

A 12-year-old boy from Washington state has died of injuries he sustained in a pedestrian accident on the Agassiz-Rosedale bridge in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia reports The Vancouver Sun. The boy was hit by a semi truck and was airlifted to a Vancouver-area hospital but he succumbed to his injuries.

The boy was vacationing with his family when the lid of their vehicle's roof-top carrier blew off and the family stopped to search for it. The boy was outside of the family's vehicle when he was hit by the truck.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in pedestrian accidents and motor vehicle accidents and the family of those killed.

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Two people were seriously injured in an accident involving a log truck and a Chevrolet pickup truck on State Route 101 near Hoquiam on Monday.

According to a report on The Olympian, the pickup truck driven by Rita Billie, 46, of Taholah, made a left hand turn without signaling and the log truck t-boned the pickup truck. The force of the impact caused the log truck to roll and the pickup truck was pushed into a ditch.

Billie received serious injuries including a lacerated liver, broken ribs, broken pelvis, broken back, broken neck and a broken collar bone; She was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

A passenger in the pickup truck, Jonah Billie, 47, was also airlifted to Harborview with broken ribs, a broken back, broken leg and internal injuries.

Gilroy was not injured in the motor vehicle accident.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents and the family of those killed.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The Washington State Patrol, in a media release, reminds motorists to properly secure loads on vehicles or risk a fine of $5,000 and a year in jail time.

Washington State Vehicle Code RCW 46.61.655:

No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any public highway unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping there from.

Every year in the state of Washington, nearly 12 million pounds of refuse lands on county, state and interstate roads. This refuse is an eyesore, harms our wildlife and can cause traffic accidents. Every year, more than 400 motor vehicle accidents are caused by unsecured loads some resulting in devastating injuries and occasionally death.

Motorists often have the mistaken belief that if they carry something heavy in a pickup truck or trailer, they don't need to tie it down. While a couch, refrigerator or household furniture might not blow out of the back of a truck, the momentum of heavy objects when a vehicle stops can have disastrous consequences.

The Washington State Patrol tells witnesses to lost loads to call 911 immediately and provide the following information:

• location where you saw the vehicle
  
• direction in which the vehicle was traveling
  
• the road the vehicle was traveling on
  
• description of the vehicle including color
  
• vehicle license plate number
  
• name of trucking company or other identifying information on the vehicle
  
• a description of what you saw
  
• identify yourself as a witness or a victim.

Besides calling 911 regarding a lost load, you can report the incident on the WSP web site.
This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents and the family of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages.

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Three people were injured early Wednesday morning around 3:30am in a motor vehicle accident involving two cars and a semi truck on Interstate 5 near Centralia. The accident occurred near milepost 88 in south Thurston County.

The injured were taken to Providence Centralia Hospital.

The accident is blamed on the semi truck driver who apparently hit two cars that had slowed due to construction work.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents and the family of those killed With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages.

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A 38-year-old Bothell man was critically injured in a car accident Saturday afternoon when the car he was driving crossed the center-line on U.S. Route 2 and hit an empty tanker truck. The unidentified man died of his injuries on route to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

According to a report in The Seattle Times, the motor vehicle accident occurred on around 12:15pm near Monroe.

The 50-year-old tanker truck driver from Anacortes was uninjured in the accident. One report said that two other vehicles were hit by flying debris.

There are many concerns about the safety of U.S. 2 between Monroe and the Cascades. This route is a vital link between eastern Washington and the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma and is considered the "gateway" to the Cascades ferrying outdoor enthusiasts and freight.

In 1997, the US 2 Safety Coalition was formed because of the number of fatal car accidents in eastern Snohomish County on this highway. In about a 10 year period, there have been more than 50 fatal motor vehicle accidents on the highway between Snohomish and Stevens pass and more than 20 of these have been "cross-over" accidents in which a driver crossed the center line. Many people, including the Safety Coalition, have lobbied the state legislature to allocate funds to improve the safety of the highway including putting in barriers or creating a divided highway. Many people believe that congestion relief on Highway 2 and safety concerns are ignored in favor of road improvements in more populous areas.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the family of those killed. With our help, you may be able to receive compensation for your damages.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

See our U.S. Route 2 Resources.

The Seattle Times reports that Kenneth Laymon, 45, was using his cell phone to send and receive calls right before the accident in Alabama on March 26 that killed Laymon and 10 members of a Mennonite sect that were traveling together to attend a wedding.

According to the report, Laymon was also driving more than 70 mph when he lost control of his tractor-trailer rig, crossed the center line and hit a van carrying the 10 people he killed.

Studies show that when a driver looks at a cell phone or map while driving, they are taking their eyes off of the forward roadway for 4-5 seconds. When driving at speeds of 70mph or more, the vehicle can travel a considerable distance in those 4-5 seconds, thus greatly increasing the chances of an accident like this. It is critically important that motorists keep their eyes on the forward roadway for everyone's safety.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents and the family of those killed. We will work hard to obtain compensation for your damages including medical costs and for pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Seattle's King5.com reports that a Bellevue man, age 37, was arrested after a motor vehicle in which he rolled his pickup up truck at the West Lake Sammamish Parkway exit of eastbound SR 520 in Redmond. The single vehicle accident occurred around 1:30am.

According to the report, the man fled the accident scene but police, with the help of a dog, found the man on the Microsoft Campus.

The man was taken to Overlake Hospital in Bellevue where he was treated for injuries to his head, hands and arms and where he was processed for Driving Under the Influence (DUI).

The article said that the man's Dodge Ran truck was totaled in the accident.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents and the family of those killed.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

A motor vehicle accident involving a dump truck, a pickup truck and two cars resulted in two drivers having to be extricated from their vehicles near Redmond, WA. One person was taken to Harborview Medical Center trauma center in Seattle. Four other people appeared to be less severely injured.

The four-vehicle accident occurred around 10:30 am on NE Novelty Hill Road near the intersection of W. Snoqualmie Valley Road NE. between Redmond and Duvall.

From photos of the accident, it appears as if the pickup truck and one sedan were totaled in the collision. The dump truck was lying on its side.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents due to the negligence of another. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages including medical costs.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

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KOMO News.com
Nasty Redmond crash surprisingly yields no serious injuries
Posted: Apr 20, 2010 at 10:45 AM PDT

A school bus was hit by a logging truck on State Route 530 east of Arlington on Friday afternoon. Luckily, none of the 28 children on board the bus were injured in the bus accident.

According to a report on KOMO News, the logging truck hit the bus near milepost 31. Washington state troopers said the logging truck was traveling "too fast for road conditions" and it hit the bus when it swerved into the oncoming lane to avoid a car that had braked. The logging truck driver may be cited in the accident.

This is the second accident on the same road for the school bus driver. In both bus accidents, it was not the fault of the bus driver.

This information is provided by Seattle car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents and the family of those killed.

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The Tacoma News Tribune reports that three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. Route 101 south of Delphi on Saturday afternoon.

According to the Tribune, a man from Graham was examining his VW Golf that was parked on the highway shoulder when a Ford pickup truck driven by a 55-year-old Shelton man hit him and crashed into the VW. The impact of the collision caused the Ford truck to roll where it landed on its top.

The driver of the Ford was injured along with the driver of the VW and a passenger seated inside the VW at the time of the crash. All three were taken to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia. No information was provided on the condition of the injured.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, nearly 2,000 people are killed each year in highway shoulder accidents. A moving vehicle hitting a parked vehicle cause some of the worst accidents on the highway. It is recommended that a driver should pull off the highway if at all possible.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the family of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages.

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Two people were injured when a logging truck hit a house in Port Angeles around 4am Friday morning.

According to a report, the truck owner, Jim Johnson, left his big rig truck running to warm it up as he went inside his home. When he came outside, Johnson saw his truck moving and hit his neighbor's house.

Jim Webster was inside the house and he suffered a neck injury. He was taken to Haborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment. According to Cyndi Webster, her husband sustained a broken neck and has had fusion surgery and is now home recovering. Cyndi Webster sustained whiplash and a sprained wrist.

Johnson claims that someone released his parking brake while he was inside his house which caused it to roll. Port Angeles Police are investigating the trucking accident.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents due to the negligence of another and the family of those killed. With our help, you may be able to recover compensation for your damages.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

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